Feed-water heater.



H. G. ALGER.

FEED WATER HEATER.

APPLIOATION FILBD'AUG. a, 1008.

Patented Apr. 18, 1911.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

H. G. ALGER.

FEED WATER HEATER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.3,1D08.

990,028, Patented Apr. 18, 1911.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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WITNESSES lNVENTOR innmrc. enema, or cnr'caeo nnienrsfrmmois.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1911.

h pucamn filed Au ust 3, mos. Serial No. 446,622.

i'o all whom it may concern:

acitizen ofQthe United States, residing at Chicago Heights,, in the county of Cook and 6 State of Illinois, have invented a inew=and I as vEnseful- Feedwater 'Heater of-Jwhich the following is jaspeci'fic'ation.

My'invention relates to an improvement in feed watenheaters. v

In man lants where it is desired to jm asuretie boiler feed'water, as heretofore con's'tructed, the water supply for the boilers is led tothe heater where it is heat- Yed'before'b'eing dcli vered'to the boiler; the water is ordinarily admitted to the upper 'end ofjthe heater andpas'ses down through 1 stitutes astorage chamber. From thence it generally ,on'laflower plane and after passmg thrqugh thej mefter, isfidelivered in unit charges to a sterage chamber whence it is *pumfled to thejhoiler. This arrangement llS Sl.l jecttomhn disadvantages. In the first; lacehthe ive'ry ofthe'water from a "hig erito a levee: Jane, as when it passes l from the he'ater -to the meter-and thence to the second Qstorage' chamber; decreases its 'Lhead and; throws more work on the pump which] recejiyesiitater from; the 'second stor-? (age. chamber and forces the water into supplied to""a.jpump the'less is the work necessa to beperform'ed by the pump and hence .jh e wear and tear on the pump'is decreased. Furthermore in most plants it [is necessary to maintain a certain head] on the feed water to makethe-pump operate at all sat sfactorily and it is very desirable t savel-every available amount of head. It required the expenditure 'of work I to raise the waterto' the heater in the first place and loss ofihead without causing it to do work; is? wasted energy. "In my. mven t-ion a great portion of thishead originally lost, is saved. Secondly, and more impor tant still, the water in' its passage to the meter and second "stora'getank under the old system loses, by radiation, at considerable o'rtion of theheatim arted to it by the eater, Hence, agrea er amount ofheat [must be developed in the boiler to evaporate the required amount of water than would be necessary if the water was delivered from is deliveredjby'gravity to a meter located a the heater directly to the boiler. It hasbeen Beit known that I, HAnLaY C. Amen,

found that the water after leaving the heater and passing through the meter and second storage tank cools about 20 degrees Fahrenheit.

In my invention the loss'by radiation is hardly appreciable and the water will be delivered to the boiler at thesame-temperature at which itleaves the heater. This is The disadvantages heretofore mentioned are avoided-by my invention which consists briefly'in a heater and a meter combinedin one device whereby the eflicien'cy'of the combination is greatly inereasedpver the former arrangement wherein the heater and 4 meter are separate elements.

Man it is eslrable to weigh the feed water, whereby they can accurately determine-the best fuel to use for evaporating the water,

lants are awake to the fact that' the etliciency of the engineer or fireman, and i the efficiency of the boiler -a'nd ,grates.

However, it is ofttimes not desirable, if not absolutely impracticable to install. a meterin addition "to the equifiment' already in.

place, both because of lac 0f room' 'an be. cause of the added expense, and of the loss and floor space eeonomized. [Formerly the heater, and separatemeter and'storage tank .therefor, occupied considerable room, whereas my invention ccculples only the floor space originally covere or less than half that heretofore" required where a meter is'used thatdeliverswater by the heater alone,

in unit charges. The cost is reduced owinfi to" the elimination of the meter storage ta'n and the revision of i a meter withinthe heater. has it will be seen thatin addition to avoiding the disadvantages oflt-he prior system, my invention possesses merits.

nations such as will be. more fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims. 7 f

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 entailed by the increased radiation and- -'loss of head. Furthermoregin my lnven tion, the meter" storage' tank' is eliminated is a vertical sectional view through a heater constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view showing the assemblage of such a heater with a boiler.

A, indicates a heater of any approved type, that shown consisting of a suitably supported shell. A pipe 1 leads the feed water preferably to the upper end of the shell into which latter the water is discharged in any convenient manner. A steam pipe-2 conveys steam or other heating medium to the shell for the purpose of heating the water as it passes through the heater, the steam commingling with and raising the temperature of the water to say 208 degrees Fahrenheit or to say 230 degrees Fahrenheit if there is sufficient pressure in the heater. A pipe 2 leads the steam from the heater. The water thus heated accumulates in the bottom of the shell which forms a reservoir or storage chamber 3. A pipe t leads from the storage chamber to a pump B which forces the water into the boiler C.

its usual, the heater is provided with a float and lever connection 5, the float being actuated by the height of water in the storage chainber 3 and controlling a valve (3 in the inlet pipe 1., to admit more or less water to the heater. My invention consists in the combinationwith such a heater, of a metering device 9loeated above the storage charm her and Within the heater, the meter adapted,

to catch and measure all. the water delivered to the storage chamber and constituting an integral part of the heater.

1 do not wisn to confine myself to the use of any particular meter, but have shown one meter. in Fig. 1, which is adapted to work within a heater and also under pressure. This particular meter has two measuring compartments only one of which is shown at 7. A siphon is adapted to drain each of the measuring: compartments the siphon 10 being adapted to drain the measuring cone partment 7. A. tiltipg member 11, comprising tWo channels, 12'and 13, separated by the dividing partition, 18, directs the water to the measuring compartments, the channel 12, directingwater to the measuring compartment 7,t.hrough the opening 14-. The tilting member carries two receptacles 15 and 16, Which communicate with the channels 12 and 13, respectively and is tilted by the rising of floats, one in either measuring compartment, the float 17, in measuring compartment 7, beingthe only one shown. This particular meter operates as fol.loWs:'Water enters the channel 12 through the aperture 22, in the diaphragm 8, and, alter filling the receptacle 15, passes into themeasuring compartment 7. lVhemthe measuring compartment 7, is' nearly filled the float 17, will start to rise and when the measuring coinscopes about to spill over the top of the siphon 10, the float 17, htts the receptacle 15, by means of the link 19 and tips the tilting member about its axis. 20. The water stored in thereceptacle 15 is thus suddenly decanted into the measuring compartment 7, and suddenly spills over the top of the siphon 10, in sallieient quantity to start the siphon operating, which discharges the water it'ron'i measuring compartment, 7. When the float 17, tips the tilting member 11, channel 13, is placed in ctm'nnnnication with the aperture and the water pass s through channel 13 to the other measuring comparti'nent, which is similar to measuring compartment i, and a similar operation takes place. nny conven ient form of register may be used to record each single unitv chz'irge or each double charge, and may be located exteriorly of "the heater. In order to deliver the feed water to such internally located meter, ll preferably provide a concave partition 8 apertured at its lowest point/to deliver the hot feed water to the meter through which the water passes and is discharged into the storage chamber from whence it is pumped directly to the boiler.

it is evident that there will be a very great saving in heat it the water is measured within the heater and I do not intend to limit myscli to the use of siphon meter as described or to any articular form of meter.

From the foregoing it will be seen that l have nn'iterially increased the elliciency of the heater and thus of the entire system by 7 .reason of the reduction in radiation and loss of head and the economy in floor space. I have added to the compactness and reduced the expense of such an installation as is above described. The pressure of the st am will equalize on. both sides of the diaphragm or partition 8 through the aperture therein, thereby permitting; the operation of the meter and the delivery of water from the stor age chamber under pressure. It will be observed that the Water is measured after it is heated and before it is delivered from the heater. This makes it possible to convey the water from the heater directly to the boiler.

Having thus fully disclosed my invention, What I claim as new is z 1. A heater comprising av shell, means for admitting Water and steam thereto, a storage chamber formed in the shell, a discharge pipe therefrom and a meter located Within the heater above the storage chamber.

2. The combination in a heater consisting of a shell having a storage chamber at its lower end, and means for admitting Waterv and a heating medium thereto, of a meter Within the shell to which the Water when. hot, is delivered, the meter adapted to meesare the Water and discharge it into the stor artment is com letel Y filled and "Water is l a e chamber.

tition dividim -measuring device adapted to receive the 3. A heater comprising a shell having a storage chamber, means for admitting water and a heating medium to-the shell, an ap ertured diaphragm above t e storage chainher and a meter located within the shell be I tween the diaphragm and the storage chamher to receive the 'ater collected by the diaphragm, measure it and deliver it to the storage chamber.

4. A water heating system comprising a heater, means for admitting water and steam thereto, the lower portion of the heater constituting a storage chamber for water, a measuring device, adapted to receive the water, measure it and deliver it to the storage chamber.

5. The combination with a water heater, of a Water measuring compartment, located within the heater for measuring the water prior to its delivery from the heater.

6. A combined feed water heater and meter comprising a shell, an apertured parthe shell into two compartments, means for leading the water to one of said compartments, means for heating the water in said compartment, a meter in the remaining compartment adapted to receive and measure all water passing through the aperture in the partition, and discharge it into the last named compartment, and means for conducting the water from said last named compartment.

7. The combination in a heater consisting of a shell having a storage chamber at its lower end and means for admitting water and heating medium to the shell, of a liquid heated liquid, measure it and deliver it to the storage chamber.

8. A heater comprising a shell, means for admitting liquid and steam thereto, a storage chamber formed in the shell and means for measuringthe water, such measuring means located within the storage chamber.

' 9. A heater comprising a shell, means for admitting Water and steam thereto, a storage chamber in the shell, a discharge pipe therefrom and means for measuring the .water, such measuring means to be located within the heater.

10. A heater comprising a shell, means foradmittin water and heatim medium "thereto, a discharge therefrom and means 1 for measuring the water, such means located within the heater.

11. A heater comprising a shell, means for admitting water and heating medium thereto, a discharge therefrom, an apertured' diaphragm forcollecting the water, a measuring element adapted to receive liquid from the diaphragm and measure it, prior to its delivery from the shell.

12. The combination of a heater comprising a shell, means for admitting liquid and heating medium thereto, a discharge there from, means for collecting the liquid within the shell and a measuring device, ada ted to receive the liquid from the collecting means and measure it before it is delivered from the shell.

13. The combinatitui of a liquid heater and a measuring device, the heater c0mprising a shell, means dividing the shell to form a' storage chamber in its lower portion, with a heating chamber above the storage chamber, means for admitting liquid and heating medium to the heating chamber, the measuring device adapted to receive liquid from the heating chamber and deliver it to the storage chamber.

14 A feed water system for boilers comprising a heater having a shell with a storage chambe at its nlOWOI end, means for admitting water antb heating medium to the shell, a measuring device within the shell to which the water is delivered, the measuring device adapted to measure the water and deliver it to the storage chamber, means for withdrawing the water from the storage chamber and for delivering it to the boiler.

15. A heater comprising a shell, means for admitting liquid and heating medium thereto, a discharge therefrom, a measuring element adapted to receive liquid from the heater, such measuring element located within the shell and a registering device for recording the amount of water supplied to or delivered from the measuring element.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the two subscribing witnesses.

HARLEY C. ALGER.

In the presence of- EMMA Amen, ORLANDO H. Ancnn.

measuring presence of 

